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''The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war,no matter how justified,shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation'' --George Washington--

Wednesday, 1 January 2014

Mumbles the stuffed penguin meets relatives in the Falklands.

A solider and his girlfriend have found a unique way of remaining connected when he is on tour around the world.
Mark Thompson, 32, takes Mumbles the toy penguin, who was a gift from his girlfriend Meredith Craven, 26, from New York, wherever he goes in the course of his duty as a Major in the British army, snapping him in a variety of unusual and charming situations.
From the cockpit of a Typhoon jet plane to Hadrian's wall in the North of England right across to Kenya; Mumbles, is better travelled than most people, and has even met his real life contemporaries in the Falklands .Read more HERE

Rogue Gunner T Shirt

RIP Mickey Quinn

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Those that have never experienced War will always think War a good idea,
Tony McNally

The Royal Artillery Prayer
O Lord Jesus Christ, Who dost everywhere lead
thy people in the way of righteousness, Vouchsafe so as to lead the
Royal Regiment of Artillery, That wherever we serve, on land or sea or in
the air, We may win the glory of doing thy will Amen.

A quarter of homeless people are ex-services and 5,000 former service personnel are in prison.

The Red Poppy Company.

Did you know that each year an average of ten Falklands veterans commit suicide, this means that more soldiers have killed themselves since the end of that war than the fewer than two hundred and fifty eight who died during it.

(Source: Times cover story 12/11/02)

A "tsunami" of mental health problems resulting from the war in Iraq is "headed our way," - -

Ex-servicemen make up a quarter of homeless people in Britain, according to Shelter and the government's social exclusion unit.